This is a nice way to spend an evening or an afternoon. You don’t have to be Jewish to get the jokes or understand the seriousness of the piece. You just have to be alive, alert, and maybe just a little bit needy.
PREVIEW: Tango band Cuarteto Rotterdam brings melancholy, desire, and defiance to The Foundry, Friday, March 22
"Cuarteto Rotterdam can with good reason be regarded as one of the best European tango ensembles." — TANGO Reporter
PREVIEW: Jazz at Lincoln Center musicians Bria Skonberg and Benny Benack III celebrate the Great American Songbook, March 23, at the Mahaiwe
These musicians will be backed on the 23rd by a rhythm section comprising Jocelyn Gould on guitar, Miki Yamanaka on piano, Charles Goold on drums, and Mark Lewandowski on bass.
PREVIEW: Running on Jackson tribute show at the Colonial Theatre on March 22
"Running on Empty," released in 1977, assured Jackson Browne a place in pop music history as one of the most iconic artists of his generation.
AT THE TRIPLEX: Stay afraid of Virginia Woolf
It might seem odd that a rating system that has become synonymous with sex and violence was brought about by a movie that’s essentially just four people talking.
John Fogerty, George Thorogood, Jon Batiste, Brandi Carlile, Roger Daltrey, KT Tunstall added to 2024 Tanglewood lineup
It is that time of year when winter is on the run, and Tanglewood announces new popular music bookings for the summer season.
How the Berkshires won at the Oscars
Norman Rockwell’s “Piano Tuner” appears in “The Last Repair Shop.”
THEATER REVIEW: ‘The Hot Wing King’ plays at Hartford Stage through March 24
Any play by Katori Hall is worth your time, and this one, with all of its peculiarities, is very much in that class.
PREVIEW: Close Encounters With Music presents Celtic Baroque band Makaris at the Mahaiwe on March 17
Their diversity of skills, backgrounds, and predilections is extraordinarily broad, and on stage, this seems to translate directly into the richly nuanced and spiritually unified musical performances they are known for.
Branching out: Poems about trees
Poetry about trees has appeared with frequency throughout the centuries. But among the greatest tree poets, and favorites of mine, are four modern voices: Robert Frost, Mary Oliver, A.E.Housman and Philip Larkin.
FILM REVIEW: ‘One Life’ directed by James Hawes
Neither the past nor present is treated with great psychological or political complexity in the film. The performances are uniformly first rate, but they demand little nuance.
PREVIEW: Ben Nickley to give talk on bird banding at Old Town Hall on Friday, March 15
Aided by pictures and stories from BBO's pilot seasons, Nickley will talk about Berkshire Bird Observatory's mission, current research projects, and plans for the future.
AT THE TRIPLEX: Our ‘best’ Oscar predictions
Whatever happens on Sunday, I hope you will join us at the Triplex to watch it with your fellow movie lovers. We recommend you come early to enjoy pizza from Roberto’s and take your photo with an actual Oscar on loan from our friends at Scout House.
BOOK REVIEW: Karen Chase’s ‘History is Embarrassing’
Chase’s essays feel grounded in the writer’s biography but reach beyond the local to historical currents. Personal history is the river through which these currents run.
PREVIEW: The Def Leppard Experience featuring Andrew Freeman at the Colonial, March 16
They're known as a heavy metal band, but the way Def Leppard sold roughly 100 million records was by writing catchy pop songs with memorable hooks.